60 Minutes: Google, Battelle, and Bollywood

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Online video of 60 Minutes Google seg
(with John Battelle)

Online video of 60 Minutes Google seg
(with John Battelle) 01/04/2005 11:55 PM
Xeni Jardin: Here's last Sunday's 60 Minutes segment about Google, including comment from BoingBoing's John Battelle. Link to video (divx), and Link to previous BB post with details. (thanks, matthowie!)

Google on 60 Minutes

Google on 60 Minutes 01/03/2005 05:41 PM

If you'd like to see the BLATANT LIES!!1!!! for yourself, I ripped the entire 60 Minutes piece as a 58Mb divx file here. Enjoy.

Google Examined By 60 Minutes

Google Examined By 60 Minutes 01/03/2005 09:45 PM
BeSpacific Jan 4 2005 12:57AM GMT

60 Minutes brodcast on Google

60 Minutes brodcast on Google 01/03/2005 02:47 PM

For once in a long long time I have actually read a cover piece by CBS, they did a segment on Google and the read is pretty good. [CBS] [BattleMedia Coverage] [Sl ashdot]

Google Featured on CBS' 60 Minutes

Google Featured on CBS' 60 Minutes 01/02/2005 09:36 PM
Search Engine Lowdown Jan 3 2005 1:14AM GMT

Video of 60 Minutes Google Segment

Video of 60 Minutes Google Segment 01/05/2005 11:06 AM
Search Engine Lowdown Jan 5 2005 3:32PM GMT

Ex-Verizon Wireless Employee Stole
Minutes... Many, Many Minutes

Ex-Verizon Wireless Employee Stole
Minutes... Many, Many Minutes 08/13/2004 05:45 AM
An ex-Verizon Wireless employee has been charged with ste aling and reselling $20 million worth of prepaid cellular minutes. Since the minutes were activated via the numbers on some cards, he just copied down all the numbers. Interestingly, while the report says he stole $20 million worth of minutes, there's no indication how much he actually sold them for (or how many were actually used). Also, he continued to have access to the computer which stored the numbers after he left Verizon, which sounds like a major security screwup on Verizon Wireless' part.

Battelle on Google's S-1

Battelle on Google's S-1 04/30/2004 03:37 AM
John Battelle's analysis of Google's S-1 filing -- and particularily, the charming-but-stilted founders' letter -- is fascinating and insightful:

The letter states, among other things, that 1. We don't need to do this for the money; 2. We have no plans to run our business to satisfy Wall Street's need for smooth earnings predictability; 3. We plan to give no earnings guidance, not at least as it's understood on Wall St.; 4. Don't ask us to do so, we'll simply decline the request; 5. We'll do odd things that you won' t understand; 6. We will make big bets on things that may not work out; 7. We run the company as a triumvirate, so there will not be clear leadership from one person like most other companies; 8. We bridge the media and tech industries (interesting), which are in flux, so we've chosen a two-class stock structure similar to the NYT, WashPost, and NYT that helps us avoid being taken over by those forces; 9. We plan using an auction model, as it feels fairer and we understand auctions from AdWords; 10. Don't invest in us if this scares you at all, or the price feels too high; 11. Don't even think about asking us to cut expenses with regard to our employees; 12. We believe in the idea of Don't Be Evil; 13. It's evil to pay for placement or inclusion (a swipe at Yahoo); 14. We hope to bridge the digital divide through Gmail type free services and a foundation with at least 1% of profits and equity to help make the world a better place; 17. Betting on Google is a bet on Sergey and Larry (this was said multiple times, making me wonder if there wasn't some odd future blame being assigned here by the VCs or bankers); 18. This letter is our way of answering the questions we can't answer in the coming months due to the IPO quiet period.

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Battelle on TimesSelect

Battelle on TimesSelect 06/05/2005 10:46 PM
As a follow up to yesterday's post, John Battelle's got some interesting perspective on the TimesSelect announcement as well, over on SearchBlog....

John Battelle on Searchstreams

John Battelle on Searchstreams 08/14/2004 03:06 PM
Great entry on Battelle's Searchblog about the value of recording the journey of finding information on the Web.

That's when I remembered As We May Think, Vannevar Bush's famous essay in The Atlantic. I had read it earlier in my research, and was struck not by the idea of the Memex, which is well understood, but by Bush's explication of the problem - that knowledge and learning has become so complicated, so layered, so inefficient, that it is near impossible for anyone to be a generalist, in the sense Aristotle was. Bush's answer to this problem was the Memex, of course, but what I find interesting is the mechanism by which the Memex is made potent - the mechanism for capturing the traces of a researcher's discovery through the Memex's corpus, and storing those traces as intelligence so the next researcher can learn from them and build upon them.

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Congrats to John Battelle

Congrats to John Battelle 02/07/2005 01:51 AM

On completing the draft of his book. All 90,000 words of it.

I'm proud to know John. He's become a catalyst for alot of things - including some killer parties on the rooftop of "The Industry Standard".

I still remember standing in line at 4:45 on a Friday - so I could get a good piece of the roof - as the masses flowed in. It was THE place to do deals and meet people - at the height of the boom.

Now John has his book and his conference - Web 2.0. Watch for him to start a company this year. It was part of his predictions for 2005.

Battelle and The First Rule of AdSense

Battelle and The First Rule of AdSense 09/07/2004 09:55 PM
John Battelle is blogging his experience with advertising on his weblog. He's started with Google AdSense (which I also use) but seems to have violated the First Rule of Google AdSense rather quickly. There's some amusing (or sad, depending on your point of view) stuff in his post as well as some good comments from Cory Doctorow in the comments, like: anything the scale of Google is way, way too big to be involved in editorial decision I think John's...

"John Battelle?s predictions for 2005"

"John Battelle?s predictions for 2005" 01/03/2005 10:35 AM

John Battelle on Google's Froogle
Promotion

John Battelle on Google's Froogle
Promotion 12/18/2003 01:05 PM
If you're interested in the web search world and aren't reading John Battelle's searchblog, you really should be. John's a smart guy who knows a ton of people in this area. On the recent addition of Froogle results to Google search results, John says: ...it is a clear departure from the conceit - and I use that term neutrally - that Google has always maintained, which is that the results offered by their engine are free of human intervention -...

Webmaster World New Orleans Pubcon -
John Battelle Keynote

Webmaster World New Orleans Pubcon -
John Battelle Keynote 06/22/2005 02:33 AM

John Battelle visits Applied Minds, a
Willy Wonka-esque nerdvana

John Battelle visits Applied Minds, a
Willy Wonka-esque nerdvana 06/17/2004 06:12 PM
John describes his mind-blowing tour through Applied Minds, a Glendale, CA consultancy started by former Disney Imagineers Danny Hillis and Bran Ferren.

After chit chatting for a few minutes, he took me to a small room - no wider than my outstretched arms - at the far end of which stood one of those classic red English phone booths. We stepped inside - a bit cramped - and Danny lifted the receiver and dictated a passphrase of some sort. Presto - the rear wall of the booth opened, and we stepped into - nerdvana.

From a cramped phone booth into massive pure-white-lit space two-stories high, adorned with all manner of things strange and beautiful. Over to one side stood the Terminator-like skeleton of a forty-foot dinosaur, its 15-foot pneumatic legs gleaming and exposed. Nearly blending into the walls, itself painted movie-set white, was a tricked out Hummer-like RV refitted as a communications/command center - complete with built-in kitchen and bedroom. The space was a great big project lab, with happy geeks combing over various assemblages of wiring, motors, processors and plans like ants on a summer picnic. It's Willy Wonka's chocolate factory for geeks.

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Bollywood gambles on P2P

Bollywood gambles on P2P 12/23/2003 02:10 PM
In the UK Guardian today:

Bollywood movie fans will soon be able to download full-length features with the file-sharing software Kazaa. A deal struck between a partner of Sharman Networks Ltd, the company which owns Kazaa, and IndiaFM.com, a popular entertainment site, will allow Indian film producers to distribute movies, music and other large, rich media files online to an estimated 60 million international Kazaa users. The move follows a pilot scheme in November when Bollywood thriller Supari was offered for sale at US $2.99 and promoted through Kazaa prior to its release in India. The file was designed to self destruct after being watched and could not be copied.

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Bollywood for the Skeptical

Bollywood for the Skeptical 12/24/2004 01:08 PM
Bollywood for the Skeptical offers information about Bollywood film, language in India, useful Hindi words, and even downloads of songs from Bollywood movies .. aquaint yourself with Bollywood music

ocf.berkeley.edu/~dboyk/bollywood
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"Bollywood for the Skeptical"

"Bollywood for the Skeptical" 12/24/2004 01:00 PM

Bollywood online

Bollywood online 12/23/2003 08:07 PM
CNET Asia Dec 23 2003 7:32PM ET

Spidey Goes to Bollywood

Spidey Goes to Bollywood 06/20/2004 04:06 PM
Marvel Comics and Gotham Entertainment Group are introducing a new version of Spiderman regionalized for South Asian audiences. In the Indian version, Peter Parker becomes Pavitr Prabhakar; instead of fighting the Green Goblin he'll battle Rakshasa, a mythical Indian demon. He's wearing a sarong-like garment, and he has unstoppable spiritual powers of asskickage. Link (Thanks, Robin Pen)

Toronto-set Bollywood movie

Toronto-set Bollywood movie 05/27/2004 06:25 PM
Ouchless sez, "My mother found this Bollywood-esque film "poster" completely by accident. The movie is titled 'Coxwell and Gerrard', which is the main intersection in Toronto's Little India." Link (Thanks, Ouchless!)

Kazaa says hello to digital Bollywood

Kazaa says hello to digital Bollywood 11/13/2003 12:26 PM
The file-swapping company, which is locked in a legal battle with Hollywood studios, has stuck a deal to digitally distribute a full-length feature film made in India's Bollywood.

MP3: Don't Stop 'til you Get to
Bollywood

MP3: Don't Stop 'til you Get to
Bollywood 04/13/2004 11:17 AM
A few days ago, Jonno pointed me to a Bollywood-flavored remake of Michael Jackson's "Don't Stop Til You Get Enough," which he found on a supercool sekrit MP3 blog that shall remain nameless. This track is phat. This track is funky. This track makes me want to do a little dance in my ergonomic chair. A little google-digging reveals the song is by a group called the Bollywood Freaks, and came out on a limited edition red vinyl 7" in the UK. I want to send them money for the funk they provide. I want more of their music. If anyone has info, cough it up.

But for now -- look! Someone dumped a copy of said funky track on a server somewhere. Download the MP3 while it lasts. Link

Kazaa to distribute Bollywood feature

Kazaa to distribute Bollywood feature 11/13/2003 12:21 PM
Kazaa has inked a deal to simultaneously distribute a theatrically released Bollywood movie, using its DRM-based Altnet technology.

"The Bollywood movie market is growing at twice the rate of Hollywood, in terms of production and revenue. This is where the benefits of P2P technology become really clear," Sharman CEO Nikki Hemming said in a statement. "P2P technology offers the movie industry a huge opportunity to massively enhance its distribution and generate revenue."

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Kazaa gets into showbiz, Bollywood style

Kazaa gets into showbiz, Bollywood style 11/12/2003 10:16 PM
ZDNet Australia Nov 12 2003 9:38PM ET

Bollywood Vanilla Coke ad which kicks
ass

Bollywood Vanilla Coke ad which kicks
ass 05/30/2004 05:44 PM
BoingBoing reader Vishal points us to a spectacularly cheesy Indian TV ad starring yet another one of my fut ure husbands (look, any fella who eschews SMS for pigeon as preferred love-note carrier is alright by me).

Vishal says, "This Ad is really popular in India, and I was surprised to find that the good people at Coke have it online too (RealPlayer). It features one of the hottest young actors in Bollywood, Vivek Oberoi, and features many in-jokes to '70s Bollywood films (note, especially, the lightbulb dress in the 3rd segment, a direct lift from a classic 70's movie)."

Footnote to menswear trendwatchers: take a tip from Vivek, at left -- pink vomit prints are the new black.

Update: BoingBoing reader Berklee totally harshes my mellow by saying, "Excellent choice for a future husband, but you'll have to wait until he's done with Aishwarya Rai, I'm afraid. Meanwhile, I recommend [a 2002 film starring Oberoi titled] Company. Go rent it (or download it) and enjoy this un-Bollywood-like gangster-movie!"
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Bollywood MP3 Disco Blowout Friday

Bollywood MP3 Disco Blowout Friday 06/04/2004 10:46 AM
Following up on this previous BoingBoing post about the Bollywood Freaks mashup "Don't Stop 'til You Get to Bollywood," BoingBoing reader Mike says:

This was only a very slightly re-tweaked version of a tune from an early 1980s Bollywood soundtrack, as sung by the well-known Indian singer Usha Uthup. (The tune's original title is "Chhupke Kaun Aya".) The Usha Uthup version has just been re-released on CD in the UK, as part of a 2CD mix set called "The Trip", mixed by Tom Middleton.

But you ain't heard nothing yet! Usha's greatest work, which dates from the same era, is the utterly INSANE "One Two Cha Cha Cha". (This also quotes from a classic disco hit.) This track is available on a 1997 compilation called "In Flight Entertainment Vol.2" - and also as an MP3 on my blog for the next week or two.

Link to the blog hosting an MP3 download of "Cha Cha Cha." Oh yeah.

Motherlode of free Bollywood MP3s

Motherlode of free Bollywood MP3s 12/22/2004 01:29 AM
Xeni Jardin: Sweeter than a mouthful of ja lebi. David Boyk says:

"While I was supposed to be studying for finals, I made a mix CD to introduce dubious Westerners to Bollywood. That didn't waste enough time, so I also made a big web site that has all the tracks from the CD, plus some more, and a lot of other information to explain Bollywood movies and music, and also to help a bit with language."

Far from a waste of time, David's terrific site includes a "bollywood for dummies" primer, and a very helpful list of common Hindi words you'll encounter. As for the MP3s, man -- there are some serious gems in here, in particular the rockin' 1960s numbers.

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Bollywood Dreams - Apple Loops 1.0

Bollywood Dreams - Apple Loops 1.0 08/27/2004 02:16 PM
Superb collection of Bollywood inspired loops for GarageBand!

Bollywood in Internet download deal

Bollywood in Internet download deal 12/23/2003 05:47 PM
Deccan Herald Dec 23 2003 4:44PM ET

Bollywood ad takeover, part three:
Peugot ad, and TV ad index

Bollywood ad takeover, part three:
Peugot ad, and TV ad index 05/31/2004 09:59 AM
BoingBoing reader Manish Vij points us to his list of Bollywood-themed TV advertisements for western products, which includes a popular ad for Peugot. Manish's website includes terrific liner notes -- for instance, pointers on where to download copies of songs you hear in the ads.
Link to Peugot ad, and alternate link; Link to "TV Satires on India"; Previous BoingBoing posts on Bollywood spoof ads: 1, 2

Badass Bollywood dance-off Saturday in
San Francisco

Badass Bollywood dance-off Saturday in
San Francisco 02/05/2005 09:25 PM
Xeni Jardin: Terrific SF Chronicle article about a Bollywood dance competition taking place in San Francisco tomorrow. Snip:

Growing up in Calcutta, I rarely watched Hindi films. Going to the movies usually meant viewing English-language evergreens like "Born Free" and "Willie Wonka," or hoary literary classics with dialogue in my native Bengali. Bollywood was a risqué world with money but little class where the vamps flashed thigh and cleavage and the heroes kept their shirts unbuttoned. At my school, we had regular "hair check" days, at which school staff made sure our locks were not curling over our collars like some "two-bit Bombay film star." We knew Bollywood produced more films than Hollywood, and millions of Indians queued up on opening weekend to buy tickets on the black market, but I was taught to look down my nose at the genre's kitschy excess.

Now, to my surprise, Bollywood is entering the American mainstream, thanks to movies such as Mira Nair's art-house hit "Monsoon Wedding" and the Bollywood-inspired pageantry of "Moulin Rouge." Indian beauty queen Aishwarya Rai recently appeared on "60 Minutes," and rapper Dr. Dre was slapped with a lawsuit for mixing a snatch of an old Hindi song into his single "Addictive." It's also hit academia in media-studies courses on campuses from UC Berkeley to MIT.

Link (Thanks, Brian "Badass" Lam!).

Update: Boing Boing reader Kevin H points out that the author of this SF Chron story appears to have made a minor error:

Dr. Dre didn't have a single called "Addictive". The single was for Truth Hurts, and it featured a blistering Rakim rap. Truth Hurts is an artist on Dre's label Aftermath Records. DJ Quik produced the single. It drips with hotness.

Bollywood signs up for Kazaa download
sales

Bollywood signs up for Kazaa download
sales 12/24/2003 12:13 PM
ZDNet UK Dec 24 2003 9:40AM ET

Bollywood puts more films online with
Kazaa

Bollywood puts more films online with
Kazaa 12/23/2003 08:07 PM
CNET Asia Dec 23 2003 7:32PM ET

More Sexy Adult Movies out in the
Internet from Bollywood

More Sexy Adult Movies out in the
Internet from Bollywood 04/02/2005 07:24 AM
India Daily Apr 2 2005 11:00AM GMT

Bollywood Signs Up For Kazaa Movie
Downloads... But Not Really

Bollywood Signs Up For Kazaa Movie
Downloads... But Not Really 12/23/2003 05:39 PM
There have been a few stories about "legitimate" companies doing deals with Kazaa, but once you get past the headline, you realize that it's not true at all. Just like all those other deals the headlines trumpeting a deal between some some Bollywood film makers and Kazaa isn't really about Kazaa at all. Instead, it's a deal with Kazaa's sister company Altnet, which runs a service within Kazaa to distribute approved copy protected content. So, this isn't at all about film makers understanding the promotional value of free downloads, but rather them trying to piggyback copy protection (in this case files that supposedly "self-destruct" after a single $3 viewing) on the popularity of Kazaa. The deal isn't even that good. $3 for a product that self-destructs after a single viewing? You get a better deal going to the local video store. Meanwhile, though, they get all the publicity of having the film "offered on Kazaa". All Altnet is really doing is bolting a pay-for service (like iTunes) into Kazaa. It doesn't leverage the real benefits of a distributed file sharing network at all.

Bollywood Embraces Kazaa Movie Downloads

Bollywood Embraces Kazaa Movie Downloads 12/23/2003 11:47 AM
MaximusTheGreat writes "While Hollywood tries to debate how to tackle P2P movie downloads, Bollywood the world's largest film industry has decided to embrace ...

Phonecams = kiss of death to Bollywood
stars' privacy?

Phonecams = kiss of death to Bollywood
stars' privacy? 12/22/2004 01:29 AM
Xeni Jardin: BoingBoing reader Kevin Slavin says,

I just got back from Mumbai yesterday, and it's true about the scale of the Baazee uproar -- it's front page full-width headlines, first the scandal, then the arrest, then the arrest scandal, etc.

Worth noting is the echo to it, also front pages over there -- a phonecam snap of some Bollywood celebs kissing in public. It provoked a series of suprisingly fierce newspaper debates over Public Displays of Affection in India overall.

There's a funny logic behind that, considering that almost no one saw the event itself, and that the real Public is the viewers of the news networks which broadcasted the image. The distributed image was considered the documentation of public-ness, rather than a further expression of it.

Link< /a> to "Why the phone camera may be kiss of death to secret lives for Bollywood stars: A snatched image breaks a taboo and horrifies India's screen giants" in the Times Online (UK)
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60 Minutes: Google, Battelle, and Bollywood